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The Killers, Olivia Rodrigo among headliners for Montreal's Osheaga music festival
February 19, 2025 - 8:42 AM

TORONTO - Montreal's Osheaga has lined up rockers the Killers, hip-hop star Tyler, the Creator, and pop singer Olivia Rodrigo as headliners for this year's summer music festival.
Finalists announced for Lukas book prizes, which champion 'serious research and social concern.'
February 19, 2025 - 8:19 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Books on slavery, the justice system, poverty and gender identity are among this year's finalists for J. Anthony Lukas prizes, named for the late investigative journalist.
Really, who were those masked men? New series of books probes backstories of Marvel superheroes
February 19, 2025 - 8:18 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — If you love movies or comics, you've likely followed the adventures of Spider-Man,Iron Man and other superheroes. A new line of books will let you explore the back stories of their creation.
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Antonine Maillet, author and proud raconteur of the Acadian people, dead at 95
February 18, 2025 - 9:48 AM

MONTREAL - Antonine Maillet — novelist, playwright, and proud Acadian — has died at the age of 95.
Book Review: 'Disposable' a journey through the inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic
February 18, 2025 - 9:27 AM

Five years after COVID-19 first emerged, the United States is still grappling with the aftereffects of the pandemic that killed millions of people worldwide. They include the gaps in the nation's health care system and social safety net that were highlighted by the pandemic's effects.
Book Review: Sweet Grant's young adult debut 'I Am the Cage' gives resounding voice to the voiceless
February 18, 2025 - 9:17 AM

We’re taught from earliest childhood that doctors are trustworthy healers, so there’s a special sense of betrayal when they inflict pain. Young adult debut novel “I Am the Cage" by Allison Sweet Grant — author of two picture books — tells of the crimes committed against Elisabeth’s body and psyche by the medical community, and by those who stood by while it happened. But it also tells of survival, grace and self-discovery.
Congratulations, March 2 is your day: A free book giveaway honors Dr. Seuss' birthday
February 18, 2025 - 8:19 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Seuss has a present for you — as long as you were born on March 2.
'History Matters,' a posthumous essay collection by David McCullough, will be published this fall
February 18, 2025 - 7:11 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — A collection of essays by the late David McCullough, including some never published before, will be released this fall.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of February 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

$10M from province for BC fruit growers in the face of US tariffs
Fruit growers are getting some reprieve in the form of $10 million from the provincial government after the BC Fruit Growers Association advocated for it. “We are incredibly grateful to Premier David Eby and the government for recogni

France targets traffickers and recreational drug users as minister warns of a 'tsunami of cocaine'
PARIS (AP) — “Every day, people pay the price for the drugs you buy.” Amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings, the slogan is simple and aims to raise awareness among France’s millions of recreational drug u

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

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The Killers, Olivia Rodrigo among headliners for Montreal's Osheaga music festival

Finalists announced for Lukas book prizes, which champion 'serious research and social concern.'

Really, who were those masked men? New series of books probes backstories of Marvel superheroes

US-Audiobooks-Top-10

US-Apple-Books-Top-10

Antonine Maillet, author and proud raconteur of the Acadian people, dead at 95

Book Review: 'Disposable' a journey through the inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Book Review: Sweet Grant's young adult debut 'I Am the Cage' gives resounding voice to the voiceless

Congratulations, March 2 is your day: A free book giveaway honors Dr. Seuss' birthday

'History Matters,' a posthumous essay collection by David McCullough, will be published this fall

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